Mindfulness Training for Older Adults with Subjective Cognitive Decline: Results from a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 757-774

  Smart, Colette M ^a   Segalowitz, Sidney J ^b   Mulligan, Bryce P ^a   Koudys, Jacob ^a   Gawryluk, Jodie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; attention; mindfulness; MRIscans; P300 event related potentials; subjective cognitive decline

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS TRAINING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MINDFULNESS; NEUROIMAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84971265318     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150992     Document Type: Article

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